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A Discovery Day / Thu 9 Apr 2026 / Leeds Discovery Centre
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28 Mar 2026 - 12 Apr 2026
Easter Holidays in Leeds

This Easter in Leeds why not eggsplore what's out there for children and families across Leeds.

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Theatre In Leeds

Our collection of theatre listings in Leeds taking place in venues and spaces across the city.

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Mandy, Indiana
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Spring
Gigs In Leeds

Our regular listings guide to Leeds gigs, club nights, DJs, rock, jazz and pop.

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Buds, 2020 © Charlotte Verity photo Ben Westoby 
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Exhibitions And Visual Art In Leeds

Take a tour of all the artwork on display across Leeds in art galleries, cafes, museums, shops, community centres and outdoor spaces.

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Punch

a man with arms outstretched
Tue 7 Apr 2026 - Sat 11 Apr 2026
Punch
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre
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A visitor inside the busy Print Fair at last year's festival inside the 1912 Mill. The space is a former textile mill with red brick walls, white pillars and strings of festoon lights hanging from the high beams. The space is filled with stalls of original prints and handmade books.
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Pop Up Markets in Leeds

Crafts, gifts, clothes, junk, art, farmers, vintage, food & drink, seasonal, makers - you name it Leeds is shopping there.

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Kevin Bridges in a dark setting with a beam of light.
Thu 19 Nov 2026
Kevin Bridges - Here If You Need Me
first direct bank arena
Comedy
Squeeze band sat down together in a club.
Fri 20 Nov 2026
Squeeze
first direct bank arena
Gigs
Music
Adults Only
Jungle with special guests Rio Kosta
Sat 21 Nov 2026
Jungle with special guests Rio Kosta
first direct bank arena
Gigs
Music
Performance
Free
An adult and 2 children buying plants from a stall
Sun 19 Jul 2026 - Sun 22 Nov 2026
Craft Markets
Temple Newsam
Fair
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Market
Pencil sketch of life model
Mon 2 Nov 2026 - Mon 23 Nov 2026
Life Drawing : Four Week Course with Life Model
Leeds Central Library - Art Library
Workshop
Craft
All Library Events
Creative Workshop
Jacob Hawley
Wed 25 Nov 2026
Jacob Hawley
The Wardrobe
Comedy
Free
Showing an image of delicious street food in a takeaway container
Until Thu 26 Nov 2026
Street Food In The Square
Wellington Place
Food & Drink
Market
Outdoor
Free
One tall pile of books surrounded by other smaller piles of books.
Until Thu 26 Nov 2026
Quiet Reading Sessions
Otley Community Hub & Library
All Library Events
Literature
Social
Young Knives
Fri 27 Nov 2026
Young Knives
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Gigs
Under £10
A rail filled with Christmas jumpers
Sat 28 Nov 2026
Leeds Community Clothes Exchange November 2026 Swap
Woodhouse Community Centre
Social
Market
Bill Bailey
Sat 28 Nov 2026
Bill Bailey - Vaudevillean
first direct bank arena
Comedy
Music
Adults Only
Mrs Doubtfire wearing her classic blue cardigan and skirt holding holding up a broom as if it's a guitar.
Tue 10 Nov 2026 - Sun 29 Nov 2026
Mrs Doubtfire
Leeds Grand Theatre
Theatre
Free
Zine illustration
Until Wed 2 Dec 2026
Zine Make and Share with Bethan!
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Craft
Creative Workshop
Free
Photo showing lots of attendees in the main hall for the event
Until Thu 3 Dec 2026
LGBTQ+ Social Space + Support Hub
Swarthmore Education Centre
Food & Drink
LGBT+
Social
Miriam Margolyes smirks at the camera, sat with folded arms and a union flag draped around her sparkly cardigan.
Thu 3 Dec 2026
Miriam Margolyes: Miriam's Full English
Leeds Grand Theatre
Comedy
Talk
The Veils
Thu 3 Dec 2026
The Veils
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Gigs
Under £10
Lindy Fridays class
Until Fri 4 Dec 2026
Lindy Fridays
Carriageworks Theatre
Activity
Dance
Dance Class
Social
Free
Brian's Barbers
Until Sat 5 Dec 2026
Leeds Kirkgate Market Tour
Leeds Kirkgate Market
Heritage
Guided Tour
Pete Tong
Sat 5 Dec 2026
Pete Tong Ibiza Classics
first direct bank arena
Adults Only
Gigs
Music
Performance
Special Kinda Madness
Sat 5 Dec 2026 - Sun 6 Dec 2026
Special Kinda Madness + The Specials (Tribute Bands)
The Irish Centre
Gigs
Music
Performance
A women with medium length light coloured hair, wearing a black hooded robe.
Sun 6 Dec 2026
Cara Dillon
Howard Assembly Room
Music
Performance
Gigs
UB40 feat Ali Campbell
Tue 8 Dec 2026
UB40 feat Ali Campbell
first direct bank arena
Gigs
Music
Performance
Free
Display of multicoloured reuseable period pads with information leaflets based on Freedom4girls.
Wed 13 May 2026 - Wed 9 Dec 2026
Freedom4Girls - Reusable Pad Sewing Workshops
Leeds Central Library - Art Library
All Library Events
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
The Darkness band, gathered together.
Wed 9 Dec 2026
The Darkness - Bands of Brothers Arena Tour
first direct bank arena
Gigs
Music
Adults Only
Free
Children create something crafty in the M&S Archive exhibition
Sat 12 Dec 2026
Sparky Saturdays: Christmas Jumper Day
M&S Archive
Family Friendly
Activity
Free
Leeds Record Fair
Sat 11 Apr 2026 - Sat 12 Dec 2026
Leeds Record Fair
Leeds Kirkgate Market
Music
Market
Free
People outside the venue
Until Sat 12 Dec 2026
Afrikan Market Leeds
Leeds Caribbean & African Centre CIC
Heritage
Market
Moving together, finding presence in the midst of a crowd.
Until Sat 12 Dec 2026
5Rhythms ® Waves dance
We Are Wellness
Dance
Dance Class
Healthy Living
Free
Wetherby Monthly Artisan Market
Until Sun 13 Dec 2026
Wetherby Monthly Artisan Market
Wetherby Market Place
Social
Market
Free
Close-up of an open book with its pages fanned out, warmly lit to highlight the texture and edges of the paper. The text on the visible page is small and densely packed but not readable due to the angle and focus.
Until Wed 16 Dec 2026
Quiet Reading Sessions
Wetherby Community Hub & Library
All Library Events
Literature
Social
Members of Cosy Choir smiling at the camera in a colourful room
Until Thu 17 Dec 2026
Cosy Choir
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre
Music
Workshop
Free
Flyer for the Cloth Cat open mic with images of four bands on a background taken from a still from Star Wars
Until Thu 17 Dec 2026
The Mos Eisley Cantina Open Mic Night
The Pack Horse, Woodhouse
Comedy
Gigs
Music
Performance
Spoken Word
A docked narrowboat next to a heritage crane and surrounded by buildings and blue sky at Granary Wharf in Leeds
Until Fri 18 Dec 2026
The Leeds Waterfront Guided Tour
Marshall's Mill
Heritage
Guided Tour
Tour guests inside a shopping arcade that is decorated in ornate Victorian style
Until Fri 18 Dec 2026
The Essential Leeds City Centre Tour
Leeds City Square
Heritage
Guided Tour
Leeds Corn Exchange
Until Sun 20 Dec 2026
Leeds City Centre Walking Tour
Leeds Art Gallery
Guided Tour
Free
Leeds Briggate
Until Sun 20 Dec 2026
Leeds Briggate Monthly Artisan Market
Briggate
Social
Market
Paint with us
Until Sat 26 Dec 2026
Painting Fun
DoubleTree by Hilton Leeds City Centre
Activity
Craft
Under £10
A little boy with a microphone laughs with glee as an adult performer pulls a silly face
Until Wed 30 Dec 2026
Anything Could Happen @Seven Arts!
Seven Arts
Comedy
Family Friendly
An old dress on a mannequin next to an old photograph of a woman wearing the same dress.
Until Thu 31 Dec 2026
In The Picture: Objects in Focus
Abbey House Museum
Exhibition
Leeds Museums & Galleries
A ballet dancer poses on a pointed toe in a flowy sparkling dress, with a silky yellow cape trailing in the air behind her. Snow, smoke and icicles fill the backdrop.
Tue 15 Dec 2026 - Sat 2 Jan 2027
Northern Ballet's Cinderella
Leeds Grand Theatre
Dance
Dance (Li)
Theatre
The Beanstalk
Fri 20 Nov 2026 - Sun 3 Jan 2027
Jack and the Beanstalk
Carriageworks Theatre
Family Friendly
Theatre
A man wearing an orange top hat and victorian clothing stands holding a lantern with an arm outstretched in the air in front of Leeds Corn Exchange
Until Sun 3 Jan 2027
Leeds Ghost Tour
Leeds Corn Exchange
Heritage
Guided Tour
Free
Models posing with Neville Boden Sculpture
Until Sun 10 Jan 2027
‘Some Steel’: Sculpture and Steel in Britain, 1960-90
Leeds Art Gallery
Exhibition
Visual Arts
Two drag performers in elaborate outfits and bouncy wigs pose candidly on stage.
Fri 15 Jan 2027 - Sat 23 Jan 2027
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Leeds Grand Theatre
Music
Theatre
X-Trial Leeds 2027
Sat 23 Jan 2027
X-Trial Leeds 2027
first direct bank arena
Sports
Performance
Ginger Johnson smiles in drag makeup and a glittery, bedazzled pony outfit in front of colourful LED lights.
Sat 23 Jan 2027
Ginger Johnson: Show Pony
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
LGBT+
Performance
Theatre
The back silhouette of a Celine Dion tribute performer stands with one hand raised, wearing a sequined red dress, in front of a stadium crowd with phone torches held in the air.
Fri 5 Feb 2027
Celine: My Heart Will Go On
City Varieties Music Hall
Music
Theatre
Jack Whitehall
Sat 6 Feb 2027
Jack Whitehall
first direct bank arena
Comedy
Performance
Lucy Beaumont smiles at the camera under a spotlight, holding her hands to her face
Thu 11 Feb 2027
Lucy Beaumont presents... Bad at Quiz Shows, Good with Weirdos
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Image of various Motown musicians performing with Bizzi Dixon singing into a microphone in a white suit, front and centre.
Fri 12 Feb 2027 - Sat 13 Feb 2027
A Night to Remember: Motown Show
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Performance